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Juan Quintana Aguiar

La Atalaya de Santa María de Guía 1918 - Gáldar 2008
folkloristic singer
(Obutuary)

Juan Sosa Suárez
2005 (2013)

Description

Monument with a portrait medaillon.

Inscription(s)

excmo ayuntamiento de gáldar
en reconocimiento
a
JUAN QUINTANA AGUIAR
"el claca"
como gran folclorista del norte
y
"la parranda de rojas"
como primera parranda popular
del municipio

galdar julio 2005
escultor juan sosa suárez

Annotation

The original portrait medaillon with the text was stolen in July 2010. It was in 2013 replaced by a new portrait medaillon and a seperate text plaque.

Gáldar - Juan Quintana Aguiar

Sculptor

Juan Sosa Suárez, Spanish sculptor.

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Gáldar.
Entre Chácaras y Tambores, Regresamos el 19 de Octubre, mientras seguimos trabajando; visita al museo Tanit, busto del Claca y nuevo contenido...

Locatie (N 28°8'43" - W 15°38'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca096; Photograph: 6 January 2015
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